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Top Gold Mining Districts in Nova Scotia

There are 65 declared gold districts in Nova Scotia. There were around 350 mines worked in these districts. Here is a list by top gold production ounces in each gold district in Nova Scotia.

Region District Production Start Production Finish Production Comment
Yarmouth Chegoggin 1883   not available ca. 1883
Stormont Goldenville (Sherbrooke) 1862 1941 209383.30  
Eastern Shore Caribou 1869 1968 91335.80  
Central Oldham 1862 1946 85177.50  
Central Waverley 1862 1940 72566.60  
Central Montague 1863 1940 65196.90  
Stormont Upper Seal Harbour 1893 1958 57845.70  
Central Renfrew 1862 1958 51595.50  
Kejlmkujlk Brookfield 1887 1936 43147.50  
Stormont Wine Harbour 1862 1939 42346.50  
Eastern Shore Salmon River (Darrs Hill) 1881 1939 41805.40  
Stormont Isaacs Harbour 1862 1958 39694.30  
Stormont Lower Seal Harbour 1894 1949 34188.20  
Kejlmkujlk Molega (Malaga) 1888 1950 33460.20  
Central Mount Uniacke 1867 1941 27737.00  
Eastern Shore Tangier 1862 1919 26286.50  
Eastern Shore Moose River 1888 1939 25917.20 Production before 1888 included with Caribou
Stormont Forest Hill 1895 1957 25102.40  
Eastern Shore Fifteen Mile Stream 1878 1941 21291.60  
Central South Uniacke 1888 1948 20762.10  
Central Lake Catcha 1887 1961 17961.50  
Cape Breton Stirling 1936 1956 16681.10  
South Shore Leipsigate (Millipsigate) 1884 1946 13563.20  
Central East Rawdon 1884 1932 13501.00  
Kejlmkujlk Whiteburn 1887 1955 11906.70  
Stormont Country Harbour 1871 1951 9959.70  
Eastern Shore Harrigan Cove 1874 1961 8071.30  
South Shore Gold River 1889 1940 7610.40  
Central West Gore 1905 1939 7148.80  
Central Central Rawdon 1888 1939 6920.50  
Central Chezzetcook 1883 1944 5528.10  
Eastern Shore Mooseland 1863 1934 3865.10 1860, First Discovery in Nova Scotia
South Shore Blockhouse 1896 1938 3588.50  
Eastern Shore Killag 1889 1951 3583.60  
Yarmouth Kemptvllle 1885 1939 2487.90  
Central Gays River 1870 1968 2268.20  
Stormont Cochrane Hill 1877 1982 2081.30  
Cape Breton Wagmatacook (Middle River) 1864 1943 1729.40  
Central Cow Bay 1896 1937 1483.50  
Eastern Shore Ecum Secum 1893 1935 1300.00  
Eastern Shore Beaver Dam 1889 1949 966.7  
South Shore Mill Village 1901 1951 909.8  
Kejlmkujlk Fifteen Mile Brook 1902 1934 880.6  
Central Lawrencetown 1862 1912 866.7  
South Shore The Ovens 1862 1958 550.4  
Eastern Shore Miller Lake 1902 1951 538.8  
Eastern Shore Moosehead 1899 1935 431.1  
Yarmouth Cranberry Head 1870 1900 249.3  
Yarmouth Carleton 1879 1940 190.2  
Kejlmkujlk Pleasant River Barrens 1890 1913 111.8  
Eastern Shore Lake Charlotte 1938 1964 77.5  
Eastern Shore Clam Harbour 1904   53.9  
Eastern Shore Little Liscomb Lake 1893 1935 51.9  
Eastern Shore Upper Stewiacke 1906 1907 43.9  
South Shore Voglers Cove 1905   43.4  
Eastern Shore Gold Lake 1890 1899 38.6  
Central McKay Settlement 1904 1910 13.5  
Kejlmkujlk Stanburn 1933 1936 12.7  
Eastern Shore Ship Harbour 1935 1937 7.4  
Central Ardolse 1890 1904 6.8  
Eastern Shore Sheet Harbour 1898 1935 3.9  
Stormont Caledonia 1934 1956 3.6  
Eastern Shore Lochaber 1883   2.3  
Kejlmkujlk West Caledonia 1925   1.7  
Central Elmsdale 1890   1.4  
Eastern Shore Quoddy 1906   1

 

Region District Production Start Production Finish Production Comment
Yarmouth Carleton 1879 1940 190.2  
Yarmouth Cranberry Head 1870 1900 249.3  
Yarmouth Kemptvllle 1885 1939 2487.90  
Kejlmkujlk Brookfield 1887 1936 43147.50  
Kejlmkujlk Fifteen Mile Brook 1902 1934 880.6  
Kejlmkujlk Molega (Malaga) 1888 1950 33460.20  
Kejlmkujlk Pleasant River Barrens 1890 1913 111.8  
Kejlmkujlk Stanburn 1933 1936 12.7  
Kejlmkujlk West Caledonia 1925   1.7  
Kejlmkujlk Whiteburn 1887 1955 11906.70  
South Shore Blockhouse 1896 1938 3588.50  
South Shore Gold River 1889 1940 7610.40  
South Shore Leipsigate (Millipsigate) 1884 1946 13563.20  
South Shore Mill Village 1901 1951 909.8  
South Shore The Ovens 1862 1958 550.4  
South Shore Voglers Cove 1905   43.4  
Central Ardolse 1890 1904 6.8  
Central Central Rawdon 1888 1939 6920.50  
Central Chezzetcook 1883 1944 5528.10  
Central Cow Bay 1896 1937 1483.50  
Central East Rawdon 1884 1932 13501.00  
Central Elmsdale 1890   1.4  
Central Gays River 1870 1968 2268.20  
Central Lake Catcha 1887 1961 17961.50  
Central Lawrencetown 1862 1912 866.7  
Central McKay Settlement 1904 1910 13.5  
Central Montague 1863 1940 65196.90  
Central Mount Uniacke 1867 1941 27737.00  
Central Oldham 1862 1946 85177.50  
Central Renfrew 1862 1958 51595.50  
Central South Uniacke 1888 1948 20762.10  
Central Waverley 1862 1940 72566.60  
Central West Gore 1905 1939 7148.80  
Eastern Shore Beaver Dam 1889 1949 966.7  
Eastern Shore Caribou 1869 1968 91335.80  
Eastern Shore Clam Harbour 1904   53.9  
Eastern Shore Ecum Secum 1893 1935 1300.00  
Eastern Shore Fifteen Mile Stream 1878 1941 21291.60  
Eastern Shore Gold Lake 1890 1899 38.6  
Eastern Shore Harrigan Cove 1874 1961 8071.30  
Eastern Shore Killag 1889 1951 3583.60  
Eastern Shore Lake Charlotte 1938 1964 77.5  
Eastern Shore Little Liscomb Lake 1893 1935 51.9  
Eastern Shore Lochaber 1883   2.3  
Eastern Shore Miller Lake 1902 1951 538.8  
Eastern Shore Moosehead 1899 1935 431.1  
Eastern Shore Mooseland 1863 1934 3865.10 1860, First Discovery in Nova Scotia
Eastern Shore Moose River 1888 1939 25917.20 Production before 1888 included with Caribou
Eastern Shore Quoddy 1906   1  
Eastern Shore Salmon River (Darrs Hill) 1881 1939 41805.40  
Eastern Shore Sheet Harbour 1898 1935 3.9  
Eastern Shore Ship Harbour 1935 1937 7.4  
Eastern Shore Tangier 1862 1919 26286.50  
Eastern Shore Upper Stewiacke 1906 1907 43.9  
Stormont Caledonia 1934 1956 3.6  
Stormont Cochrane Hill 1877 1982 2081.30  
Stormont Country Harbour 1871 1951 9959.70  
Stormont Forest Hill 1895 1957 25102.40  
Stormont Goldenville (Sherbrooke) 1862 1941 209383.30  
Stormont Isaacs Harbour 1862 1958 39694.30  
Stormont Lower Seal Harbour 1894 1949 34188.20  
Stormont Upper Seal Harbour 1893 1958 57845.70  
Stormont Wine Harbour 1862 1939 42346.50  
Cape Breton Wagmatacook (Middle River) 1864 1943 1729.40  
Cape Breton Stirling 1936 1956 16681.10